Python 3.2 Release

Python 3.2

Note: A newer security-fix release, 3.2.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended.

Python 3.2 was released on February 20th, 2011.

Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to improve and stabilize the Python
3.x line. Since the final release of Python 2.7, the 2.x line will only receive
bugfixes, and new features are developed for 3.x only.

Since PEP 3003, the Moratorium on Language Changes, is in effect, there are
no changes in Python's syntax and only few changes to built-in types in Python
3.2. Development efforts concentrated on the standard library and support for
porting code to Python 3. Highlights are:

The source tarballs are signed with Georg Brandl's key, which has a key id of
36580288; the fingerprint is 26DE A9D4 6133 91EF 3E25 C9FF 0A5B 1018 3658
0288. The Windows installer was signed by Martin von Löwis' public key, which
has a key id of 7D9DC8D2. The Mac installers were signed with Ned Deily's key,
which has a key id of 6F5E1540. The public keys are located on the download
page.

The binaries for AMD64 will also work on processors that implement the
Intel 64 architecture (formerly EM64T), i.e. the architecture that
Microsoft calls x64, and AMD called x86-64 before calling it AMD64. They
will not work on Intel Itanium Processors (formerly IA-64).